Applying for the LSE Carter Academic Service Entrepreneur Grant

Submission rules and guidelines

1. Applicants must be LSE students volunteering or planning to volunteer with a not-for-profit organisation based in London.
    
2. Students submit proposals (maximum of 500 words) along the lines of:
   
   “What I would do with £1,000 to strengthen/ extend/ improve the link between my academic program at LSE and the community agency where I’m a/ want to volunteer.”
    
3. Applications must be accompanied by:
    
   1. a letter from a prospective partner which is a tax exempt, not solely lobbying organisation that has been in existence for at least two years
   2. an endorsement letter from a member of the faculty who is willing to oversee the project
   3. a complete submission form (Word), agreeing to fulfil the award requirements if successful
       
4. The proposal judged to be the best is awarded £1,000, to be paid by the JRCPF directly to the community organisation, for the purposes of completing the proposed activity
    
5. At end of the initial activity the award winning student must produce an end of project report
    
6. Ideally, the student creates, or arranges for the creation of, a video or photo documentary of the project
    
7. Optionally, the student conducts a presentation on the project for other students, faculty, etc
    
8. Award extension
   
   Subsequent to the student’s return home, be it an English county, or an European or overseas country, the student will be offered the opportunity to create a project under generally the same rules. Including:
    
   • The project proposal and letter of support from partner organisation as in 3.2
   • Following the selection criteria outlined above
   • The completion an end of project report along the same lines as on the previous award
   • ideally the production of a video documentary of the project for potential publication on the JRCFP and LSE websites

   Two major differences apply to this second experience. First, it is not competitive; if the student need meets the requirements, having won the original competition ensures the grant. Second, certifying that the student has met the requirements will be done by JRCPF rather than by a selection committee. This latter point simplifies the process as will be needed in this “home country” situation
    

9. Second evaluation
   
   Review the extended results of this process and identify yet more improvements that can be made

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